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RELS 124

Literature and Religious Experience

Description
How authors and poets represent spiritual ideals and human dilemmas in a variety of literary genres such as the epic, the novel, the essay, love poetry and the haiku; and writers such as Plato, Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Thomas Merton, Shakespeare, Basho, Hanshan, Rumi and Sufi poets, Kabir, Indian Virashaiva poets, and authors of The Book of Odes and The Mahabharata. Course is repeatable as readings and themes change. Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor consent.

Repeatable
Repeatable for credit

Grading
Normal Grade Rules

Units
3